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HAWAII COUNTY PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br />PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />MINUTES- REGULAR SESSION <br />July 9, 2012 <br />Hawaii County Building, Puna Conference Room <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 41501 <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Present: Chair Wilma Matsumura <br />Vice -Chair Steven Hirakami <br />Commissioner Gail Byrne Baber (left @ 11:10 a.m.; returned @ 11:30 a.m.) <br />Commissioner Enock Freire <br />Commissioner Terri Markovich <br />Commissioner Sarah Moon <br />Commissioner Marilyn Nicholson <br />Absent: Commissioner Searle Grace <br />Commissioner Debbie Hecht <br />Others Present: Amy Self, Deputy Corporation Counsel (left @ 10:35 a.m.; returned @ 12: 56p.m.) <br />Ken Van Bergen, Property Manager, Finance <br />Alexandra Kelepolo, Property Management Technician, Finance <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order by Chair Wilma Matsumura at 10:03 a.m. <br />BRENDA FORD TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMISSION REGARDING SUGGESTION <br />FORM FOR WAIKAKU`U PARK, SOUTH KONA, HAWAII TMK'S: (3) 8-7-08:02,33 & 34 <br />(COMM. NO. 12 -009) AND COUNTY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 256 -12 TO ADD THESE <br />LANDS TO THE 2012 PRIORITIZED LIST TO BE PURCHASED WITH MONIES FROM <br />THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION <br />FUND <br />Ms. Brenda Ford thanked the Commission for putting her on the agenda as this is an important and <br />emergency request. She submitted a communication to Ms. Kelepolo and re- stated the four items that <br />she is asking the Commission to consider. First, to include Waikaku`u on the 2012 Prioritized List; <br />currently for sale, and secondly, grant permission to start the acquisition process. She talked about the <br />resolution that was approved by the County Council and stated that she has no intention of <br />circumventing their process. In addition to submitting the required forms she also provided the results <br />of an acoustic survey for the Hawaiian Hoary Bat feeding on these properties, along with a report from <br />the Journal of Tropical Ecology by Dr. Patrick Hart of UH -Hilo regarding the forest and `Ohi`a trees <br />on the east side of the island. <br />-1- <br />